Puerto Rico's Controls for Its Child Care and Development Program Claims Were Not Effective 

Not all of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's Department of the Family's (State agency) controls for provider and client eligibility determinations were effective. Specifically, all of the provider eligibility controls we tested for provider background checks, required provider forms, and provider rate agreements were not effective. Of the client eligibility controls we tested, we determined that the State agency's controls for family income and need-for-service eligibility were not effective. Although we found that the State agency's controls for verifying clients' citizenship were effective, we identified that the State agency was not implementing Federal law regarding client eligibility. Specifically, the State agency was not considering qualified aliens eligible for childcare services. Finally, the State agency's controls for client age and claim processing that we tested were effective.